Method of and apparatus for making wire-glass.



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PARATUS FOR MAKING APPLICATION FILEb JUNE 16, 190

WIRE GLASS.

METHOD OF AND AP Patented Apr. 12,1910.

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UNITED sTA r s PATENT o EIoE.

PETER J. GUYAUX, sn, PETER .T. GUYAUX, Jn, AND FRED GUYAUX, or POINTMARION, PENNSYLVANIA.

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING WIRE-GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr- 12, 1910.

A Application filed June 16, 1909. Serial No. 502,489.

J Teallwhbm it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER J. GUYAUX,

S1 PETER J. GUYAUx, Jr., and FRED QU- IYAUX, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing proved method and apparatus for the landapparatus'consists in rolling a mass of manufacture of wire glass.

- flThe' object of our invention is to provide amethod and apparatuswhichshall positively cause the meshed wire to be placed .in the sheetof glass in such 'manner that the meshed wire shall be properly inclosedin the glass midway between or near the middle of its two surfaces, soas to make aperfect article, namely, one in which the meshed glass isfully'covered and uniformly gpsitioned within the glass sheet midwaytween its surfaces, and without bubbles or feathers. V I

More specifically, our improved process molten lass between tworollers,thereby forming-the glass into the desired thickness before itisdropped'on the wire. The soft glass sheet is then dropped on a movingtable on .which the wire mesh is securely placed. The wire mesh isslidably supported a on the table by a fixed comb or frame secured .tothe pedestals which support the rollers.

The supporting comb or frame being one half the ..-the' wire midwaybetween the surfaces of the sheet. The moving ta'ble then carries thesheet under a roller, placing'the wire in the center of thesheet bymeans of the comb, The forming or pressing roller is supportedon thetable by two-bars of the same thickness as .the sheet to be formed, ex-

tending the-full length of the-table, and by "meMlS'Of these bars theoriginal thickness of -the... l1eet.is ma nta ;The invention; consistsof structural features andrelatiye arrangements ;of partsesird thicknessof the sheet, places which will be hereafter more fully described edclaims.

In the accompanying sheetof drawings similar reference charactersindicate the in which:

Figure 1 a side view of the apparatus for. carrying out our invention-Fig.- 2 -is a top plan view and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View online 33 of Fig. 2. In the drawing 1, 1, are pedestals or frames forsupporting at the upper ends a roller 3' having a horizontal adjustmentwith a "gear 4, at each end engaging the racks 5, ,5, on each side andtop of the moving table 6, to be hereinafter described. The roller 2 isalso provided at the ends of its axle with gears 7, which intermesh withthe gears 4 of the roller 3 and is put intomotion by the forming roller3. Instead of Eroviding an adjustable roller 3, rollers of ilferentdiameters may be provided which can be substituted for each other.

6, is a moving table supported by means of frames '10, 10, carryingwheels 11, 11, moving on tracks 12, 12. The table 6, on each-side isprovided with a. rack 5 which engages the side gears 4, 4, on roller 3,and as the table 6 is moved backv and forth, said roller 3 is rotatedwhich in turn rotates the roller 2 as above explained. Attached to thepedestals or frames on' each side is a supporting comb or frame 13,which is firmly supported over and upon the 11 per surface of the movingtable as shown. gaid combor frame 13, extends under the roller 2 andpart way underthe roller 3 as shown in Figs-1 and 2, and consists of atransverse bar 14, having projecting therefrom a series will behereinafter explained.

16, 16, are rods or strips adjustably secured in the top of-the table,which mark not only the outer limits .of-the sheet of glass but by theirdepth control the thickness of the sheet, since the roller 3 is madesame parts in the several figures of drawing with respect to the roller2, and provided and particularly pointed out in the appendfixed roller 2and a forming roller 3, said I of separated rods 15, 15, whose functionto rest on the top of the strips 16 when said strips pass under theroller 3 by the movement of the table 6.

The rollers 2, and 3, are so arranged and attached that any thickness ofsheet can be made by using the proper diameter of roller 3. It will bealsoseen that the roller 3 has a double function of not only acting as afeed roller and preliminary soft sheet forming roller in conjunctionwith the roller 2, but also in coiiperation with 'the movin table 6,properly places the wire mesh an forces the soft glass sheet on eachside and uniformly on the wire mesh.'

17, 17, are ins or other adjustable means on the end of the table 6 forattaching the edge ofthe wire mesh 18 resting on and carried by thetable 6.

The mode of carrying out our process and operating the machine is asfollows: The rollers 2 and 3 of proper diameter are arrangedwith res eatto each other to form the desired thic ness, and a correspondingthickness of rods or strips 16, are securely placed on the table 6, tomaintain this thickness of the sheet so that the desired sheet will beformed.- The wire mesh -18, is properly placed 011 the table 6 betweenthe strips 16, 16, and having its edge fastened to the pins l7, 17, thetable 6 is rolled back so that the fastened edge of the wire mesh 18isunder the roller 3.v The moltcn glass 19 is then poured between thetwo rollers 2 and' 3 and the table 6 is then moved forward, dragging thewire'mesh 18 with it over the top of the fixed comb or frame 13,.and atthe same time rotating the rollers 2 and 3. 'This causes the molten lass19 to ipass from the rollers 2 and 3 in t e form 0 a soft sheet of thedimensions 'and thickness desired, this soft sheet drop ping on the wiremesh which is supported at this point by the supporting comb or frame13, said comb being one-half the thickness of the sheet above the movingsurface of.

the table 6,-thereby'causi'ng the wire mesh tobe firmly held thus somedistance above ,the surface of the table 6 or about midway between thesurfaces of the sheet. As this soft glass'sheet formed and placed-on thewire mesh as above indicated, passes under the roller 3, a portion ofthe soft sheet is i forced through-and on the under side of the wiremesh and firmly and integrally pressed into a sheet of wire glass.

We have found by using the above described form of comb 13, and havingthe glass-in the form of a soft sheet we are able to form a sheet ofwire lass freef'rom such defects as bubbles and eathers, and at the sametime preventing the wire mesh from being burned.

comprises forming It will be readily seen from the foregoin descriptionof the method of operating and the apparatus for carrying out the same,that many changes could readily suggest themselves to any one skilled inthe art, and we desire it to be understood that we do 4 not care tolimit ourselves to the exact numand relation of rollers for forming thesoft sheet of glass and the wire glass, as other rollers could be added,or the soft glass sheet placed on the Wire mesh her, construction,

could be made 1n other ways than that shown or described.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is asfollows:

1. The method of making wire glass which comprises forming a sheet ofsoft glass, horizontally supporting a sheet of wire mesh, dropping saidsoft sheet glass on top of the wire mesh, passing a portion of saidsheet of glass throu h the wire mesh and then pressi'ng said soft glasssheet and wire mesh into wire glass. I

2. The method of making wire glasswhioh a sheet of soft glass,supporting a sheet of wire mesh, juxtaposing said sheet of soft glassand wire mesh, pass ing a portion of said soft sheet of glass throughthe wire mesh,

and then pressing" said soft glass sheet and wire mesh into wire lass.

3. The method of making wire glass'which comprises rolling a sheet ofsoft glass, horizontally supporting a sheet of wire mesh, dropping saidsoft sheet lass on top of the wire mesh, simultaneous y pressing a pertion of the soft sheet glass through the wire mesh and pressing the softglass sheet and wire mesh into wire gla.

' 4. An apparatus for making wire glass comprising two rollers formaking a sheet of soft wire glass, a movable table for horizont-allysupporting a wire mesh, means for transporting said table and mesh injuxtaposition to one of said rollers, means con nected to said table forrotating the rollers,

and means for supportinga wire mesh above the plane of the tablesubstantially equal to one half the thickness of the wire glass sheetdesired.

5. An apparatiis for making wire glass comprising a frame, twohorizontal rollers in juxtaposition to each other and rotatabl supportedon said fraine,.a gear on eac roller intermeshing with, each other, afixed supportin comb under said rollers, a horizontal tab ereciprocatingunder and injuxand draggin -it over the supporting comb and dragging itand between one-of said rollers and table.

6. An apparatus for making wire lass means on sand table for carrying awire mesh over the supporting comb comprising a frame, two horizontalrollers and (lraggingit over the supporting comb in juxtaposition toea'chother and rotatably and between one of the rollers and table.supported on said frame, a gear on each In testimony whereof We aflixour signaroller intermeshing with each other, a fixed tures in presence.of two Witnesses. Y 5 supporting comb under-said rollers, a hori- PETERJ. GUYAUX, SR.

zontal table reciprocatin under and in juX- PETER J. GUY-AUX, JR.taposition to one of sai rollers and comb, FRED GUYAUX. v means on saidtable for engaging and rotat- Witnesses:

ing the rollers, and means for supporting a HOWARD H. CLARK,

0 Wire mesh on the upper plane of the table H. DQCLARK.

